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Plot device

Quality:

Plot device - anything which moves the plot forward or maintains it. Article “Plot device” in English Wikipedia has 37.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 19 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Plot device”, its content was written by 215 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 289 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 639 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1266 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8506 in January 2003
  • Global: #12465 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #59224 in September 2008
  • Global: #97125 in September 2008

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Plot device
37.2031
2Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo de enredo
34.0487
3Arabic (ar)
أداة الحبكة
24.4078
4Japanese (ja)
プロット・デバイス
21.6848
5Turkish (tr)
Hikâye aracı
17.4241
6Persian (fa)
فنون پی‌رنگ
14.0353
7Korean (ko)
플롯 장치
11.8517
8Italian (it)
Espediente narrativo
10.6318
9Chinese (zh)
橋段
3.6774
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Plot device" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Plot device
1 816 598
2Italian (it)
Espediente narrativo
107 309
3Chinese (zh)
橋段
56 902
4Korean (ko)
플롯 장치
27 793
5Japanese (ja)
プロット・デバイス
26 662
6Turkish (tr)
Hikâye aracı
5 673
7Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo de enredo
2 783
8Persian (fa)
فنون پی‌رنگ
503
9Arabic (ar)
أداة الحبكة
376
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Plot device" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Plot device
6 384
2Japanese (ja)
プロット・デバイス
871
3Italian (it)
Espediente narrativo
378
4Chinese (zh)
橋段
211
5Persian (fa)
فنون پی‌رنگ
107
6Korean (ko)
플롯 장치
96
7Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo de enredo
77
8Arabic (ar)
أداة الحبكة
35
9Turkish (tr)
Hikâye aracı
14
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Plot device" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Plot device
215
2Chinese (zh)
橋段
20
3Italian (it)
Espediente narrativo
16
4Korean (ko)
플롯 장치
15
5Turkish (tr)
Hikâye aracı
11
6Japanese (ja)
プロット・デバイス
5
7Arabic (ar)
أداة الحبكة
3
8Persian (fa)
فنون پی‌رنگ
3
9Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo de enredo
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Plot device" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Persian (fa)
فنون پی‌رنگ
1
2Italian (it)
Espediente narrativo
1
3Arabic (ar)
أداة الحبكة
0
4English (en)
Plot device
0
5Japanese (ja)
プロット・デバイス
0
6Korean (ko)
플롯 장치
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo de enredo
0
8Turkish (tr)
Hikâye aracı
0
9Chinese (zh)
橋段
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Plot device" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Plot device
639
2Japanese (ja)
プロット・デバイス
137
3Chinese (zh)
橋段
130
4Italian (it)
Espediente narrativo
106
5Korean (ko)
플롯 장치
102
6Turkish (tr)
Hikâye aracı
80
7Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo de enredo
59
8Arabic (ar)
أداة الحبكة
9
9Persian (fa)
فنون پی‌رنگ
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أداة الحبكة
enEnglish
Plot device
faPersian
فنون پی‌رنگ
itItalian
Espediente narrativo
jaJapanese
プロット・デバイス
koKorean
플롯 장치
ptPortuguese
Dispositivo de enredo
trTurkish
Hikâye aracı
zhChinese
橋段

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#59224
09.2008
Global:
#97125
09.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8506
01.2003
Global:
#12465
01.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Plot device from Wikipedia articles about Deus ex machina, MacGuffin, Narrative technique, TV Tropes and Foreshadowing. Whereas reading the article about Plot device people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Narrative technique, Suspension of disbelief, MacGuffin, Deus ex machina and Plot twist.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zh: 橋段

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